A massive leak of financial data to
media outlets around the globe has spurred a series of investigations
into offshore banking and tax havens. Documents detailing secret
accounts were leaked to the Washington, D.C.-based International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

The non-profit group granted 38
media organizations access to the database. Corporate moguls, property
tycoons, lawyers and politicians are under scrutiny in the international
investigation. Select the red marker to open a window to read more about the investigations in each country.

Secret records obtained by the International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists reveal tens of thousands of people in more
than 170 countries and territories linked to offshore companies and
trusts. Here are some examples from around the world.

Secret documents show that, from the late 1990s until the end of the
2000s, French banks BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole oversaw the creation
of a large number of totally opaque offshore companies for clients in
search of secrecy and lower tax rates.

He's known as Brigitte Bardot’s husband, photographer, director, art
collector. Now another aspect has come to light about Gunter Sachs: a
man who set up an intricate offshore scheme to manage his vast fortune, a
scheme that remained inscrutable to the fiscal authorities until the
end.